Game.



No. 687,989. Patented Dec. 3, l90l.

G. J. KELLY.

GAME.

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GEORGE JOSEPH KELLY, OF BRIDGEWATER, CANADA.

GAME.

$IPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 687,989, dated December 3, 1901. Application filed March 21, 1901. Serial No. 52,127. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE JOSEPH KELLY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Bridgewater, county of Lunenburg,

Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in games; and the object that I have in view is to provide a simple, cheap, and amusing toy which will require a fair amount of skill on the part of the players in winning the game.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement'of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings hereto annexed, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved game. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in the plane indicated by the dotted line 2 2 on Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevation through one of the corner-pockets of the game-tray in the plane of the dotted line 3 3 on Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the playing implement.

The same numerals of reference denote like parts in each figure of the drawings.

The game essentially comprises a box or tray 5, within which is arranged a series of playing objects 6, adapted to be impelled by means of a playing implement 7, said implement being represented by Fig. 4 in the form of a bat, although the particular type of implement is not material. The playing objects 6 are in the form of balls, spheres, or marbles, as indicated by dotted lines in the drawings, said playing objects being preferably three in number and of the same color. In connection with the series of playing objects I employ a single main object 8, which is of a dilferent color from either of the objects 6, and said object Sis adapted to be struck by the bat 7 and to strike against one or the other of the playing objects 6 in order to drive the same home into one of the series of pockets on the game board or tray,

as will now appear. This tray or board may be of any suitable shape; butI prefer to employ a triangular-shaped board or tray, which will provide a series of three corner-pockets, the same corresponding in number to the playing objects. It is evident, however, that the shape of the tray may be varied. The tray is provided with the upstanding continuous wall 9, which serves to bound the surface of the board and to prevent the playing objects from falling off the same, and this boundary wall has its inner surfaces lined with any suitable material, as at 10, in order to form a carom-surface from which the playing objects will rebound when driven at an angle against said carom-surfaces. The surface of the board or tray within the playing field is covered by a layer of anysuitablematerial, as indicated at 11, in order to increase the frictional engagement of the playing objects therewith. The carom-surface 10 and the surface 11 of the playing-field may be of felt, leather, paper composition, or any other material known to the skilled construct-or.

12 13 14 designate a series of bridge-walls or partitions, which are arranged in the several corners of the tray or board and are secured in any suitable way within said tray, so as to .form a series of pockets 15, one of said pockets being located in each of the corners of the triangular tray. Each partition or bridge-wall is formed with two or more door-openings '16, the same being preferably arched, as shown, although the form of the door-opening is not material. The bottom of each pocket 15 is on a plane below that of the playing-field 11, and thus a stop flange or ledge 17 is formed between the bottom of the pocket and the surface of the playing-field, as shown by Fig. 3. This flange or ledge lies just within the partition and parallel therewith, and the playing object when it passes from the field through a door-opening of the partition is adapted to drop into the depressed portion of the pocket 15, whereby the ledge 17 serves as a barrier against the playing object rebounding out of the pocket and back upon the playing-field. This playing-field is constructed with a diagram which determines the positions of the playing objects when starting and playing the game. This diagram contemplates a series of lines radiating from I the center of the playing-field in connection with a series of defining-faces for the movable objects. A central defining-space 18 is provided in the playing-field, and from this space extends a series of radial lines 19 2O 21, which lead to the partitions 12, 13, and 14, respectively, so as to terminate midway between the door-openings 16 therein. Each radial line has a defining-space 22, situated at a suitable distance between the central definingspace 18 and the partition. The other radial lines 23 24 25 radiate from the central defining-space 18 to the boundary flange or wall 9 of the tray, each of said minor radial lines 23 24c 25 terminating ata point about midway between the adjacent partitions.

In commencing the play place one marble on each of the three spots 22 and the fourth marble of different color on the center spot. With the bat the center marble is impelled so as to strike one of the other marbles and to send it into the corner. Should he succeed, the player replaces the marble on any part of the lines 23 24 25, but outside the ring around the center spot. The first player continues to play, striking the center marble from whereverit has rolled, for the purpose of sending any of the three marbles in any of the corners, and when a marble is pocketed it is replaced, as before. Should the center marble be pocketed, it is replaced on the center spot. As long as the player continues to pocket a marble (not the center one) he continues to play, and when he fails the next player takes the bat. There is no proper corner into which to send either of the marbles 6, because a marble entering into any cornerpocket counts one, to be scored by placing a peg in one of a series of small holes on the edge of the board. When the center marble is pocketed with another, it is not counted.

Of course any suitable material may be employed in the construction of the gameas, for instance, wood or paper. The tray is to be of any suitable size, according to the wishes of the manufacturer, and the bat 7 may be made of wood and of appropriate size. The lining 10 for the carom-surface of the boundary will be made of rubber or other material which will insure the rebound of the playing objects with considerable force therefrom.

Changes within the scope of the appended claims may be made in the form and proportion of some of the parts, while their essential features are retained and the spirit of the invention is embodied. Hence I do not desire to be limited to the precise form of all the parts as shown, reserving the right to vary therefrom.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new is- 1. A-game apparatus comprising a board provided in its corners with diagonal partitions forming a series of corner-pockets and each partition having a series of door-openings; the carom-surfaces on the boundarywalls of the board and between the partitions; a diagram on the playing-field comprising lines radiating from a central defining-space, certain of said diagonal lines extending to the partitions between the door-openings therein, and other diagram-lines extending to the carom-surfaces, and other defining-spaces on the diagram-lines which extend to the partitions, substantially as described.

2. A game apparatus comprising a triangularboard havinga continuous marginal boundary-wall; a series of diagonal-partitions in the corners of the board and forming a series of corner-pockets, the bottom of each pocket being below the plane of the playing-field, and each partition provided with a series of dooropenings; the carom-surfaces between the partitions and on the boundary-wall; a central defining-space in the playing-field; a series of lines radiating from said space to points on the partitions between the dooropenings therein; other defining-spaces on said lines; and other lines radiating from the central defining-space to the middle of the carom-surfaces, substantially as described.

3. In a game, a triangular tray provided with a series of pockets in the corners thereof, the space within said pockets forming a playing-field, and a diagram on said playing-field to limit and determine the positions of a series of movable objects, substantially as described.

4. In a game, a tray provided around the playing-field with a series of carom-surfaces, and a series of pockets in the corners of the tray, the bottom of each pocket being below the playing-field and forming an abrupt ledge or shoulder, substantially as described.

5. In a game, a tray having its playing-field bounded by carom-surfaces and provided with a series of partitions whichform a series of pockets, and each partition having door-openings, and a diagram in the playing-field and comprising defining-spaces and a series of radial lines extending to the carom-surfaces and the partitions, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE JOSEPH KELLY.

IVitnesses:

FRED SIMONSON, WILLIAM FRANCIS FITZGERALD. 

